Jeremiah 51:52-54

Expanded Bible

⁵² So the Lord says, “The ·time is [^Ldays are] coming soon
    when I will punish the idols of Babylon.
Wounded people will ·cry with pain [groan]
    all over that land.
⁵³ Even if Babylon grows until she touches the ·sky [heavens],
    and even if she ·makes her highest cities strong [fortifies her lofty stronghold],
    I will send people to destroy her,” says the Lord.
⁵⁴ “Sounds of people crying are heard in Babylon.
    Sounds of ·people destroying things [great destruction]
    are heard in the land of the Babylonians.